BYOD

In the aftermath of the pandemic, the world’s dependency on digital identity has grown exponentially. With identity as the foundation for all things security, it is important to understand what digital identity means. Digital identity is composed of two entities: users and their devices. Digital transformation and the rapid adoption of smartphones…

Today’s employees want to — and in many cases today, have to — be productive and available from anywhere at any time. More than ever, teams need to communicate and collaborate from different locations through a variety of channels, devices, and networks. In order to address this need, companies are starting to think harder about clear Bring Your…

In the United States, 35% of employees are now contractors or freelancers. And according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average length of time a person stays at one company decreased from 4.6 years in 2014 to 4.2 years in 2016. In an age of increasing short-term employment, it doesn’t always make sense to give employees access to…

Today Okta announced we will support contextual access management with Box for EMM. This new integration seamlessly connects end users to their Box data on mobile and enforces contextual access policies that secure Box at every endpoint. With Okta and Box for EMM, users now have one touch access to the files needed to do their job, and IT…

When it comes to building a structure that can weather any storm, many construction companies turn to Carlisle Construction Materials for top-quality roofing and other materials. But as the Pennsylvania-based supplier saw many of its 3,000 employees increasingly using mobile devices, the organization needed a way to ensure their workers could…

In a document released this year by British intelligence and security organisation, GCHQ, it was revealed that the firm has called for firms to ban BYOD. In the report, the organisation claims staff represent the “weakest link in the security chain” and can, whether it is intentional or not, be responsible for leaking data to foreign espionage…

If you happen to be at RSA this week, you’re likely to encounter all sorts of acronyms – including CSA, MDM, CISO, MFA, CCSK… the list goes on. Keeping up with all these acronyms is one thing – and trying to keep up with the latest technology is an entirely separate task. As we look at the proliferation of mobile devices – and additional security…

Microsoft is cranking with Office 365. It is the most commonly used application within Okta and the second most commonly deployed in our network of 4,000+. No matter if you’re a small business, large enterprise, or somewhere in between, organizations are choosing Office 365 for email, collaboration, calendaring and more. Once that decision is made…

In enterprise software and services, there’s one thing you can always count on: vendor marketing teams delivering glossy customer case studies. Well, Okta does those too, we can’t lie. But ours are better. The best customer case studies are those done by third parties. Forrester Consulting recently spent time analyzing identity management at…

Last week, we talked about the some of the challenges associated with the use of consumer mobile devices in business. This week we wanted to dig a little deeper into what exactly these challenges are. In a recent post for TechTarget, Michelle Boisvert outlines where the security risks come into play with BYOD and how they require a strong cloud…